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'Underworld' Press Conference: demo story |
Tomb Raider: Underworld - Press Conference - demo story
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Lightening strikes and the rain falls, glistening as it trickles down
her exquisite body. We don't see her face yet as we are behind her, she
is facing a temple ruin. Standing in the mud she decides to run
forwards, where she meets her first foe, poachers, in battle with
panthers. Gently she draws her guns, it's a sound we remember well and
she knows what has to be done. It's not long before she has efficiently
dealt with both and can continue on her way towards the temple ruins. |
This screenshots give us a first look at the temple ruins in Chiapas, Mexico.
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She notices that there isn't an obvious entrance into the temple, so
she has to find another way. While searching she notices the rain
seeping through the edges of cracks in a slab on the ground. There must
be something below this place, somewhere else to explore. Lara heads
for a shining sphere on the ground, maybe this will help. Picking it up
she moves towards a nearby pillar and inserts the sphere into it. |
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As many times before, the only way appears to be up, so Lara mantles
onto a pillar, and then proceeds to jumps from one to another until she
encounters a bar. She uses the bar as a balance beam to cross and reach
her target pillar.
Due to the torrential rain the beam has become wet and very slippery,
so it's understandable that it's not long before Lara looses her
balance. She's agile and fast and recovers well, grabbing the bar so as
not to fall to her death. |
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Travelling further in her ascent she soon finds herself at a
standstill. So she has to readdress the situation. No matter how hard
she tries, it's impossible for her to reach where she thinks she needs
to be. There must be another answer. Retracing her path back down the
pillars she must relocate herself if she wishes to travel futher, into
such a position that she can move the block. Eventually she spots a
place she can connect her grapple onto, and use the force of the
grapple in a lever motion. Once the rope is around the block she can
pull, sending the block plummeting to the ground and crashing through
the slab she had pondered over earlier. |
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This is where she will find her next piece of the puzzle which will
help her gain entry into the underworld. Travelling back down a wall of
foliage, the rain continues to pour. Debris covers the ground where the
block has fallen. This is where she needs to be, and quickly collects
her prize and heads off to continue finding her way. Suddenly she is
attacked, her first encounter with such a small yet ferocious critter.
She heads up the wall to escape but he follows, tenacious till his
death. But there are more of his friends, and they also have to be
dealt with before she can continue on her way. |
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Reaching the Mayan calendar, she knows here is where she will have more
of the puzzle to unravel. Lara realises she has to change the wheels
into the correct position, tricking the calendar into believing it's
the correct day to open the gates to the underworld. At this point of
the demo Lara has a beautiful view on the environment. The full effects
of the storm take your breath away as the trees bow in the wind and the
clouds rush across the stormy skies, lightning teasing them along their
way. |
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She places the artifact into the puzzle and starts turning. Suddenly
below the Underworld begins to open, Fire breathing pillars break open
and the ground splits open. A new landscape emerges and she now knows
that precision and speed are needed if she is to gain entry to this
much desired location. |
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'Underworld' Press Conference: demo story
